Delahunt celebrates new veterans clinic

HYANNIS – Congressman William Delahunt, D-Mass., whose district inclues the Cape and Islands, was in town this morning to help celebrate the opening of the Hyannis Veterans Clinic.

Jake Berry

HYANNIS – Congressman William Delahunt, D-Mass., whose district inclues the Cape and Islands, was in town this morning to help celebrate the opening of the Hyannis Veterans Clinic.

The clinic, operated by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, actually opened late last month at its new location in the Village Market Place at 233 Stevens St. But this morning’s ceremony welcomed Delahunt, among other dignitaries for a tour of the new facility, which includes expanded space for mental health care and women’s examinations.

“This is a proud moment,” Delahunt said to a room full of veterans and local leaders. “This facility is a statement of who we are as a people ... It shows that the words we speak on Veterans Day and other days are being heard.”

The new clinic is about three times the side of the former facility, located at 145 Falmouth Road. It provides office and work space for four full-time medical providers, which will significantly cut down wait times for the clinic’s 4,000 clients, administrators said.